Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They’re sensitive.

I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well.

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.

I just can’t wait to get out there on stage. There’s no anxiety at all. I love being able to take this journey with the audience, because we all have a ball with it – even if we’re crying.

Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They’re sensitive.

If you care enough, you make a difference.

I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage.

I don’t eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to – that’s just my view.

It wasn’t so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go.

You only know what you know.

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical.

It’s never too late to go out and get that feeling back.

We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to.

Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like.

I don’t think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech.

I love being creative in all forms.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We’re all entitled to have the best we can.

When I went to school, I was in the same mode. I did the things I enjoyed, what I loved.

M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you had an intellect.